He, X. and Lin, Z. and Wei, Y. (2016) 'International market selection and export performance : a transaction cost analysis.', European journal of marketing., 50 (5/6). pp. 916-941.
Abstract
Purpose Exporting firms are concerned with which foreign country to select and the performance consequences of this international market selection (IMS) decision. On the basis of transaction cost analysis (TCA), this paper proposes a conceptual framework that hypothesizes the relationship between transaction cost factors, IMS and export performance. Design/methodology/approach We test the proposed framework with a database of Chinese manufacturing firms using regression models and controlling for possible endogeneity. The endogeneity issue may arise due to IMS being influenced by unobserved industrial/firm attributes. Findings The results show that transaction cost factors are able to explain IMS. Furthermore, firms whose decisions have incorporated transaction cost factors perform significantly better than their rivals. Research limitations/implications Understanding transaction costs helps decision-makers formulate more efficient IMS strategy to achieve superior export performance. Future research on IMS may examine ‘passive exporting’, i.e. exporting initiated by overseas buyers, consider the role of institutional distance and use other approaches towards cultural distance-based IMS. Originality/value This study adds a new theoretical underpinning for IMS by developing a framework based on TCA, thus broadens the applications of TCA into IMS. Our empirical results support this extension.
Item Type: | Article |
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Full text: | Publisher-imposed embargo (AM) Accepted Manuscript File format - PDF (390Kb) |
Full text: | Publisher-imposed embargo (AM) Accepted Manuscript File format - PDF (Revised version) (751Kb) |
Status: | Peer-reviewed |
Publisher Web site: | https://doi.org/10.1108/EJM-02-2013-0083 |
Publisher statement: | This article is © Emerald Group Publishing and permission has been granted for this version to appear here (http://dro.dur.ac.uk/17257/). Emerald does not grant permission for this article to be further copied/distributed or hosted elsewhere without the express permission from Emerald Group Publishing Limited. |
Date accepted: | 14 January 2016 |
Date deposited: | 20 January 2016 |
Date of first online publication: | 09 May 2016 |
Date first made open access: | No date available |
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